Chapter 67

I'm standing behind the counter of the coffee shop and watching Logan who is sitting down on the sofa side busy with his toys.

"Hi, can I get an espresso?" A woman smiles at me.

"That would be $4,75." I smile back at her and make an espresso for her then give the espresso to her.

"Keep the change." She smiles at me and give me some cash.

"Thank you." I smile at her and put the cash into the cashier machine.

"I'm off my break now." Sam says and walk out from the back office.

I walk to Logan and pick him up. "Dolly!" Logan shouts and points to his stuffed animals. I take the stuffed animal and give it to him then walk to the back office.

Logan is two years old and a half now. I already graduated from college and Mike is now having his last exam before he is officially graduating from college.

"You want to eat?" I ask him and open the lunch box.

I sit down on the carpet floor and open the lunch box. Logan is pulling his chair closer to me and sits down on it. I smile at him and put a bib around his neck.

"Nuggets?" Logan asks me.

"No, honey it's fried chicken." I said to him and feed him.

"I want to eat." Logan says to me.

I smile at him and put the food to his plate and give him his spoon and fork. I cut off the fried chicken to make him easier to eat.

"Babe!" Mike walks in and smiles at me.

"What?" I smile at him.

"I nailed the test! I got A+! I'm graduating from college." Mike smiles at me.

"Yay!" I smile at him and hug him.

Mike hugs me back and kisses my head. "Which mean that we will get married and have our future together." Mike smiles happily.

I smile back at him and kiss him softly as he kissed me back. "You made it." I smile at him.

"I want drink." Logan says to me and gives me his sippy cup.

"Stay here." I take the sippy cup then walk out from the back office. I walk to behind the counter and pour water into Logan's sippy cup. After that I walk back in and give it to him. "Here."

"Mommy!" Logan suddenly crying and push his plastic spoon away.

"What's wrong?" I pick him up and holds him.

"I think he got choked and he blamed on the spoon. He does that a lot." Mike says to me and walks out from the back office.

I sit down on the carpet floor and sit Logan down on my lap facing me. He leans his head on my chest and sniffles. I smile and rub his back and his head.

It's so sweet. I'm not even his biological mother but everytime he wakes up or he wants something, he always reach out for me instead of Mike.

"Want to eat again?" I ask him.

"No." Logan shakes his head.

"What Logan wants to do?" I ask him.

"Playing." Logan giggles.

I smile at him and rub his head. Logan stands up and takes his toys bag and spread all over his toys on the ground. I let out a sigh and take my food then continue eating.

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I'm sitting down on the couch in living room and writing down at my journal. "Want Mac n cheese with extra cheese?" Mike asks me and sits down next to me.

"No, I'm dieting." I shake my head.

"What are you doing?" Mike asks me.

"Just making list about the wedding thing. How much money we have?" I turn my face at Mike.

"About 10,000 dollars. My parents are actually have saving money for wedding since I'm only child so this is going to be the only wedding they're going to pay." Mike says to me.

"I don't know if my parents have money for wedding." I sigh.

Suddenly Logan start crying. Mike and I turn our face quickly. Mike gets up and picks him up and holds him.

"I think he is sleepy." I said to Mike.

"Don't run around the house again okay." Mike says to him and rubs his back. "Want to eat Mac n Cheese?" Mike asks him.

Logan just shake his head and sniffles while rubbing his eyes. "Come here." I take him from Mike's arms and sits him down on my lap. "Which one is hurt?"

"My knee." Logan sniffles and points at his knee.

I kiss his knee and smile at him. "Now don't cry." I smile at him and wipe his tears away.

"Do you want to have more kids when we married?" Mike asks me.

"Yes one a girl maybe when he is five years old. So he will understand and not spoiled." I smile at Mike.

"If it's a girl then I want she takes all your beauty." Mike giggles.

"Well, let's see." I giggle and lay Logan down in my arms. "You didn't tell daddy that someone is offering you a part when we walked to the shop today." I said to Logan.

"What?" Mike chuckles.

"Yes. I was holding him in my arms and pushing his stroller. Then this casting producer came to me, give me his name card and told me that Logan should join the audition about a commercial he is working on." I giggle and cuddle Logan.

"I mean, if he wants to, that's okay." Mike smiles at me.

"You want to?" I ask Logan and burp his belly as he is laughing.

"No!" Logan laughs loudly.

"We can go to that casting thing tomorrow together." Mike says to me.

"Sure." I smile and hug Logan.

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"Hi, Mr. Russell. I came here for audition." I smile to that man who gave me his name card yesterday.

"I'm having audition for lollipop commercial for kids not an adult." He frowns at me.

"No. Not for me. You gave me your name card yesterday told me that my son should audition." I said to him and point at Mike who is holding Logan.

"Oh yeah I remember. Your half Asian American baby." He nods and turns his face at Mike. "No wonder you son have mixed race. Alright, we will take some pictures of him and if we like him, we can start recording for the commercial." He said to us.

"Thank you." I smile at him.

"Can you bring him to the studio?" He asks us and walks lead us to the studio. "Johnny, this is the kid that I told you about. I was stunned when I see his face." He said to the photographer.

Mike smiles and put Logan on the ground and holds his hand. Logan just looking around and walk around Mike. This little guy is never afraid of anything.

"Okay, what is his name?" The photographer asks us.

"It's Logan. Logan Chang Jr." Mike says to him.

"How old is he?" He asks again.

"Two and a half." I smile.

"Okay Logan can you stand over there for a while?" He smiles at Logan.

"Come here." Mike picks him up and stand him up on the stage.

Logan just looking at us with his innocent face. "Candy!" Logan shouts and points at the candy poster on the wall.

"Yes, that's candy. You like candy?" Mr. Russell smiles at him.

"Yes!" Logan nods.

I smile and keep looking at him as the photographer is taking pictures of him candid. He is just so adorable. I can't believe that Mike and I can raise him until he is almost three years old now.

"I think we've had enough pictures of him." The photographer says to Mr. Russell and showing him the pictures.

I take one lollipop from my coat and showing it to Logan. He grins and runs to me then take the lollipop. He loves lollipop and this is candy commercials so it will be buzzkill for him.

"Can you come back tomorrow at 10?" Mr. Russell asks me.

"Yeah." I nod.

"Good. Because we think, this commercial is going to be starring by him." Mr. Russell smiles at us.

"Thank you so much, sir." Mike smiles back at him.

"Thank you." I smile back at him.

"Don't forget to come again tomorrow at 10 okay." He said to us.

Mike pick Logan up and holds him in his arms. I chuckle and walk out from this building. "He just needs to walk down on the street and get an audition." I chuckle and put a hat on Logan's head.

"Yay way to go, baby Chang." Mike grins at Logan.

"Yay!" Logan claps.

I laugh and shake my head. We both keep walking until we get to the shop. "Guess who will be on the TV commercial? Logan!" I grin at the others.

"Yay!" Logan claps and grins at the others.

"He is just so adorable." Mercedes chuckles.

I smile and take my apron and put it on. "He just need to walk down on the street and casting producer wanted him to audition." I giggle.

"Schuester, we got a guest for you." Santana and Brittany walk in.

I raise my eyebrows and smile as Artie wheels in with Tina behind him. "Hi, you guys. Welcome." I smile at them and hug them.

"So I took flight from New York to Los Angeles just because I need to ask you something." Artie says to me.

"Okay." I chuckle.

"But first can I get some ice latte please." Artie raise his hand.

"On your way." Sam simply said.

"Okay so what is it?" I ask them and sit down on the chair along with them.

"So I'm making a short movie. I want to sign this movie up for Sundance Film Festival and the soundtrack will be based on Mercedes Jones's amazing songs. And I want you to collaborate with me." Artie grins at me.

"Please say yes. This is going to be a big chance." Tina smiles at me.

"Okay when we will start working?" I smile at Artie.

"Next month? We will take all places in California so it's alright with you." Artie says to me.

"Sure. Next month is a great time. Besides I need to find a new job after spending money for the wedding." I chuckle and grin at Mike.

"A wedding?" Tina grins.

"Yes. Mike and I plan to have a wedding next month. I know it's sort notice but we both are graduate from college and soon he will work in the hospital. So we think that we are ready for it. Besides next month is summer so none is going to sick after having a garden party wedding." I giggle.

"We're just seeing you and Brittany got married, then Kurt and Blaine also Finn and Rachel, and we're thinking that being married at our twenties is not that bad. I mean I know I'm twenty three now but in Asians tradition, most guy already married by that age." Mike says to them.

"Believe me. Being married at our age is fun. It's like you're having this whole dates again." Santana says to us.

"Yes." I nod as agree.

"So where it will be?" Mercedes asks.

"We've been thinking in Ohio in a garden." I said to them.

"And all of you will be our best men and bridesmaids." Mike grins at them.

"Well, I'm not surprised with that." Mercedes laughs.

"And it will be such an honor for us if you guys will come." I smile at them.

"Of course we will." Tina smiles at us.

Mike and I just smiling at each other. Next month is going to be the best day in my life. I can't wait.

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"So I called my dad and he told me that my parents were saving for our wedding." I said to Mike. "So with your parents money and my parents. We don't need to expand our money which is we can save our money for his college."

"You sounds like old housewives." Mike chuckles.

"I'm planning our household thing, Michael. If you didn't have such a smart fiance like me, you wouldn't make profit from the coffee shop." I roll my eyes.

"Hey, I've been saving since I was little and buy you $18,000 engagement ring." Mike protest.

"Okay you won." I simply said and take a calculator and write down on my journal. "Dad said he will call this beautiful place for wedding in Cleveland. And he also said that Maddox got A- in every subjects at school ever since dad got him a cellphone. Which is I shouldn't tell you but okay."

"He is ten. It's like basic for him to get cellphone." Mike says to me.

"Not for dad. Dad got me my first phone when I was ten. So he did the same thing to Maddox." I said to Mike.

"When I got A- my dad told me to quit glee club." Mike simply said.

"I won't tell Logan to quit from doing something he loves as long as it's good." I said to Mike.

"Me either." Mike smiles at me. "Where are the others anyway?" Mike sighs and looks around. "Babe.." Mike nodge at me.

I turn my face and see Logan is dancing while hearing Baby Shark song from the TV. He is trying to follow what the TV shows to him while singing but not really clear.

I lean my head on Mike's chest and smile watching Logan. I never thought my life will be like this. I'm going marry my first love and I'm totally independent now.

Suddenly the door bell is ringing. Mike gets up and Logan is holding his stuffed animal and walk behind Mike.

"Come on in, you guys." Mike smiles at them.

"Come come." Logan says to them.

"I thought you're going to bail on having dinner with us." I giggle.

"Well who wants to miss being in here?" Mercedes chuckles.

"I want ice cream!" Logan shouts.

"Ask nicely." I said to him and put the food on the dining table.

"Mommy, I want ice cream please." Logan says to me.

"Ask daddy to take that from the freezer." I said to him.

"What does he said?" Artie frowns.

"He wants ice cream. I know his vowels is not that clear." I said to him.

"Only his parents who can understand what he said." Mercedes chuckles.

"Well, Mike and I already finished his dictionary of his own words." I chuckle and pour the water to the glasses.

"The most stupidest moment where he was 20 months old and he pointed to the TV asked to watch TV. Paris and I switched every channel but he screamed at us, every channel was wrong. He kept saying these words but we both didn't understand. He got mad and then walked into his room took his pig stuffed animal. And that time we understand that he wanted to watch Peppa Pig." Mike chuckles.

"He is so adorable." Tina smiles at us.

I smile at them and look at Logan as he is sitting down on the couch and eat the ice cream while watching the YouTube Kids and all his favorite shows.

"Logan want to have dinner or not?" I ask him.

Logan gets up and take his high chair then pull it over to the dining table. That's his thing everytime he wants to have dinner, lunch, or even breakfast.

I pick him up and kiss his cheek. "Ugh sticky." I frown and put him in his high chair.

"Can wipe it off please?" Logan asks me and shows me his hands.

"Of course, sweetheart." I smile at him and take baby wipes and wipe his hands and his face then put a bib around his neck.

"Giraffe!" Logan says while looking at his apron.

"Yes, that giraffe. Here is your food." I said to him and give him his food with his spoon and fork.

"I cant believe that one of us already have one of these." Artie says while looking at Logan.

"And I'm still one of these." Sam simply said and points at Logan.

"Isn't that Finn and Rachel are expecting?" Mike asks them.

"Yes. That's why we went here because Rachel is having mood swings and those are like the worst." Tina shakes her head.

I chuckle and sit down on the chair and start eating my food. "Baby Shark!" Logan says to us.

"Mike?" I raise my eyebrows at Mike.

"No more." Mike shakes his head at Logan.

"Please please." Logan says to Mike then make a fake cry.

"There you go. The actor start showing off his fake cry." I shake my head.

"We can use him for the movie." Artie chuckles.

"Oh he will get an Oscar for that." I chuckle and eat my food.

Mike turn the YouTube to his favorite song again. Logan eats his food while his head is nodding along and dancing. He is just so adorable.

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I'm sitting down on a bench and smiling as Logan is walking around the park. We will shoot the commercials today in this park and I think he is so excited.

"Can you help me to hold him for a while? I want to put some refresher on his face." The make up person says to me.

"No, I don't want to put make up on my son's face." I shake my head.

"It's not make up. He already look natural and handsome. It's just refresher water." She said to me.

"Oh yeah sure." I take Logan and sit him down on my lap. "Close your eyes." I said to him and hold his hands.

Logan just close his eyes and cradle his legs. The make up person spray his face with refresher water then wipe his face a bit just to make him look fresh.

"Okay, so here is the thing. The scene is like kids was trying to find Easter bunny egg but then he get distracted by the candy and choose the candy instead all of those chocolate inside the egg. So one of you or his dad has to help me to fish him to the candy." Mr. Russell says to us.

"Yes, we got it." I nod.

"I can help you fishing him with the candy." Mike nods.

"Good, we will take in one minute." Mr. Russell says to us and walks away.

"It will be easy. We never run out of chocolate but we always run of candy because he likes it." Mike chuckles. "And he is finally got full endorsement for something he likes. Candies."

"Candy!" Logan claps.

"I think he loves candy more than you." I chuckle. "You love daddy or mommy more?" I ask Logan.

"Daddy!" Logan giggles.

"No!" I laugh and tickles him as he is laughing loudly.

"Daddy have many candy." Logan says to us.

"How much daddy has?" I ask him.

"Ten!" Logan says while showing his eight fingers.

"That's eight not ten. Ten is like this." Mike says to him and shows him his fingers.

"Alright everyone, stand by. We will take the scene." Mr. Russell says to us.

"Come here." Mike picks him up and walks to the scene place.

I'm still sitting down and watching them. I hope it's going to be easy for Logan since he loves candy so bad.

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"Finally get him down to nap." I said to Mike and walk out from Logan's bedroom.

"I think he is tired about the commercial today." Mike says to me.

"Yeah but he did such an amazing job. I'm so proud of him and you." I giggle.

"Why me?" Mike chuckles and takes my hand pulls me closer to him.

"How come you and Val made a beautiful creature like him? He is just so adorable, Mike." I smile at him.

"Are you going to cry again like when the first time he called you mommy?" Mike asks me.

"Well it was touching. I never thought that my life will be end up like this. You know how spoiled I was. But now here I am, without my parents, raising a human baby with my hands. It's like a dream for me." I said to him.

"I got a job interview anyway." Mike grins at me.

"Really?" I giggle.

"Yeah. Dad introduce me to his friends who's working in Cedars-Senai Medical Center. And I will have the interview tomorrow morning so wish me luck." Mike smiles at me.

"There you go, dr. Chang Jr." I giggle.

"And I'm so glad that you finally want to take Artie's offer. When Jesse asked you the same thing you said no. Why?" Mike asks me.

"Because I was worrying about Logan." I half smiled.

"You were worry about him and throwing your dreams away?" Mike frowns at me.

"I love Logan very much, Mike. I was adopted and knowing my father threw his dream away to raise me was such an incredible thing. I know I can't give it back to him except being a director like he wants. But at least I could pay back to Logan." I said to him.

"I love you so much." Mike smiles at me.

"I love you too and you know that." I giggle. Suddenly two little hands wrapped around my neck from my back. "Honey, you said you're sleepy." I take him and sit him down on my lap. "Ugh you stink. Smell of milk." I shake my head. "Go take shower with daddy."

"No." Logan shakes his head.

"Come on, take shower." Mike picks him up.

"Daddy, take me to shower please." Logan says to Mike.

"Yes, buddy." Mike kisses his cheek and walk to his bathroom.

I smile and take the toys from the ground and put those into the toys box. I can hear that Mike and Logan are laughing at each other from the bathroom.

After that I walk to the kitchen and open the fridge. It's like we're married already. I'm cooking dinner, lunch, and breakfast then clean the house even though Mike helps me a bit and all. But we are like we are married.

"Put your clothes on first!" Mike shouts.

I chuckle and take my phone from the counter as it's ringing. I answer the call from dad and smile to the phone.

"Hi, dad." I smile at him.

"Hi.. your mom and I already booked this beautiful place in Cleveland." Dad says to me.

"Oh that's great. I'm so sorry that I can't go home. I mean, it's my wedding and I'm still in LA." I sigh and sit down on the couch.

"Sweetie, that's okay. We understand you're busy. Us and Mike's parents will arrange things up here." Dad smiles at me. "Is that Logan?"

I turn my face and Logan is peeping behind the couch and giggles. "Get dressed first." I said to him.

"Come here, I said don't run away." Mike pick him up and bring him to his room.

"I'm sorry, dad. He is just being..well being Logan today. He had his first commercial shoot though." I giggle.

"Yeah I saw your Instagram post. He is super cute." Dad smiles.

"How's mom and Maddox?" I ask him.

"Your mom is having party in her craft room and Maddox is in his room. Studying. I took his new phone anyway and give him your old iPad." Dad says to me.

"I think you shouldn't take his new phone away. You said to him that when he is ten, he can have his own phone. Dad, when I was at his age, I did worse thing but you never take my violin away. Just give it back to Maddox. He is going to be a teenager and if you keep pushing him, he will be a rascal and I'm sure you don't want him to be like that. Just say to him that you trust him. That's all." I said to him.

"I can't believe that you teach me parenting things now." Dad giggles.

"Alright, I have to cook dinner now. I will call you later okay." I smile at him.

"Take care."

"You too dad." I smile and hung up the call.

I put my phone on the table. I walk to Logan's room and he is sitting down on his chair as Mike is showing him play dough with different colors.

Ever since Logan was 15 months old and can walk. We redecorate his room for his toddler age and glad that he likes it. I know it's not big but he learns to do anything in his room.

"Guys, what do you want for dinner?" I ask them.

"Nuggets!" Logan grins at me.

"Anything else, sir?" I ask Logan.

"Apple juice and ice cream." Logan says to me.

"Okay that would be $50,000." I chuckle.

"Daddy, pay please." Logan says to Mike.

"Why daddy?" Mike frowns at him.

"I don't have money." Logan shakes his head.

I laugh and pick him up and kiss his cheek. "Now you're so handsome and fragrance." I smile at him and kiss all over his face.

Logan just laughs and shakes his head. I love this little guy like he came out from my belly. I raise him since he was baby and now he is growing up. It's like pay back for all the things that my parents ever did to me.

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